SUPPORT DEVICE OF BATTERY PACK FOR VEHICLE

• Main Authors: MENON Vikram, UHL Markus, MACHERHAMMER Roland, DEL NEGRO Peter
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 08.12.2021
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MOTOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; TRAILERS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

[Object]To provide a vehicle battery pack support device which can reduce the influence of external force, applied to the vehicle during traveling, upon a vehicle battery pack configured to provide an increased battery on-board capacity for an electric vehicle, thereby improving the reliability thereof[Arrangement for Attaining the Object]A support device for a vehicle battery pack including a first battery accommodating portion arranged between two side rails constituting a ladder frame of a vehicle, a second battery accommodating portion connected to the first battery accommodating portion, and batteries held in the first and second battery accommodating portions comprises a frame-side bracket provided at a vehicle-widthwise outer surface of a web of a side rail of the ladder frame to project vehicle-widthwise outward, and a connecting member elastically connecting the second battery accommodating portion to the frame-side bracket to suspend the vehicle battery pack to the ladder frame.